Suspect held in death of U.S. Embassy worker in S. Africa

Jan. 14, 2013
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by USA TODAY

by USA TODAY

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - An official in South Africa says a woman suspected of killing an American Embassy employee over the weekend will appear in court Tuesday.

The U.S. Embassy on Monday confirmed the death of Christopher "Norm" Bates, who was the information management officer at the Johannesburg U.S. Consulate. He was an 11-year State Department employee.

Police Lt. Col. Lungelo Dlamini said Bates, 41, was stabbed to death Sunday morning around 3 a.m. at a Johannesburg apartment. Dlamini said a guard heard a woman screaming and saw the woman with a knife in her hand and Bates with stab wounds.